The UTK Senate passed a resolution Monday, April 5, approving the Implementation Policy developed by their Executive Committee. I am attaching below a copy of their resolution--it is interesting to note that they have determined that the policy does affirm both the importance of academic freedom and of tenure. Note also that the resolution indicates failure to get some desired concessions but an acceptance of the policy anyway. The UTK implementation policy is little changed from the last one shared with you. You may read it at: http://www.acad.utk.edu/notes/notes-march1999.html For those really interested in producing the best possible implementation policy for UTC, it is worth comparing UTK's with our current draft. If anyone still does not have a copy of the latest draft of UTC's policy, please let me or a member of the Performance Review Committee know. Members are: Valarie Adams Herbert Burhenn Leroy Fanning William Gurley Maria Smith Stephanie Smullen Larry Stokes Mary Tanner The following is the resolution that was adopted by the UTK Faculty Senate on April 5, 1999. Whereas, The revised "New Tenure Section for the Faculty Handbook" affirms the importance of academic freedom and of tenure, defines tenure as a presumption of continuous employment, and retains generally strong due process safeguards for adequate cause and misconduct procedures; Whereas, The revised section on tenure incorporates most of the changes recommended by the Senate and its committees in order to strengthen academic freedom and due process guarantees; Whereas, The revised section on tenure will incorporate by attachment in the revised Faculty Evaluation Manual the recommendations of the Research Council and the Teaching Council for conducting evaluations of research and teaching; and Whereas, A small number of faculty recommendations are not adopted in the revised section on tenure, usually because they conflict with the policy of the Board of Trustees; Resolved, That it is the judgment of the Faculty Senate that the new policies set out in the revised "New Tenure Section for the Faculty Handbook" can meet the goals of protecting basic principles of academic freedom and due process, identifying and rewarding exemplary faculty performance, and guaranteeing fair and consistent evaluation procedures for faculty among all units. Verbie Lovorn Prevost Katharine Pryor Professor of English Director of English Graduate Studies University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Phone: 423-755-4627 FAX: 423-785-2282 email: [log in to unmask]